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Shapps' ferry ban plan ‘unworkable’ and BA suffers another IT crash

Government
Rob Gill
31 March 2022

Transport secretary Grant Shapps’ plan to have ports turn away ferries operated by companies that don’t pay their crews the minimum wage has been dismissed as “unworkable” by port operators.

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British Airways passengers, meanwhile, faced more disruption on Wednesday (30 March) due to an IT systems failure that caused delays to flights from Heathrow, and forced BA to cancel some on Wednesday evening.

Elsewhere, UK holidaymakers have been warned they still face some disruption to their Easter holidays due to the remaining Covid-19 restrictions in force in many destinations.

Here are the headlines travel woke up to on Thursday (31 March).

 

UK ports dismiss plans to block ferries that employ underpaid crews